Geopolitical Economics
Botswana central bank keeps key interest rate at 5.5% - CNBC Africa
Botswana's central bank maintains its key interest rate at 5.5%.
CNBC AfricaBotswana
Daily briefOperational risk · 90d →
Botswana.
Republic of Botswana · Gaborone · 2.5M people · africa
Governmentparliamentary republicArea581.7K km²Sanctioned entities1Active conflicts0Mentions 7d1 ▲ 0%CIA· Jan 2026
Stability Score?How the stability score is computedA weighted composite of seven pillars— conflict intensity, event volatility, arms activity, economic health, market stress, sanctions exposure, and humanitarian proxy. Each pillar is scored 0–100 (higher = healthier). The composite is weighted (conflict 25%, economy 20%, events 15%, the rest 10% each) and recomputed daily from strategic events, World Bank indicators, arms-transfer data, and sanctions records.
Risk tier: Critical < 25 · High 25–50 · Elevated 50–75 · Stable≥ 75.
Risk tier: Critical < 25 · High 25–50 · Elevated 50–75 · Stable≥ 75.
66.2
High risk
31-day trend
Intelligence briefNo brief published today
Daily intelligence brief is generated for the highest-activity countries. Botswana becomes eligible as dispatch volume climbs.
Botswana · 90-day event volume
14
total events · 90 daily data points
Source · intelligence_events · all severity tiersHover any annotated dot for full milestone
Stability components7-pillar breakdown · each 0–100, higher = healthier · 30-day trend per pillar
Conflict Intensity
40/100 · 25% wt
target conflicts: 1domestic conflicts: 0max escalation score: 100
Event Volatility
98/100 · 15% wt
target events: 2actor only events: 0domestic events: 0severe domestic: 0instability rate: 1.30%article coverage 90d: 159
Arms Activity
100/100 · 10% wt
arms imports: 0total value usd: $0conflict amplified: yes
Economic Health
50/100 · 20% wt
gdp growth pct: -2.78%inflation pct: 2.82%unemployment pct: 23.81%
Market Stress
50/100 · 10% wt
total signals 30d: 2negative signals 30d: 1
Sanctions Exposure
100/100 · 10% wt
sanctioned entities: 1is sanctioning power: no
Humanitarian Proxy
65/100 · 10% wt
life expectancy: 69.3literacy rate: —
Risk matrix5 enterprise-decision dimensions · derived from the 7 stability pillars · higher = more risk
Political35Moderate
Security31Moderate
Economic50Moderate
Regulatory0Stable
Operational32Moderate
Risk dimensions are derived from the 7 stability pillars. Higher score = more risk (inverted from the stability score, where higher = healthier). Operational is a weighted composite intended for enterprise-decision use.
EconomyWorld Bank · 10-year series · 17 indicators
GDP (current USD)
WB· 2024$19.3B
▼ $127.4M YoY
GDP per capita
WB· 2024$7.6K
▼ $177 YoY
Inflation (CPI)
WB· 20242.8%
▼ 2.2% YoY
Unemployment
WB· 202423.8%
▲ 0.4% YoY
Population
WB· 20242.5M
▲ 40.9K YoY
Military spend %GDP
WB· 20242.83%
▲ 0.38% YoY
Life expectancy
WB· 202469.3 yrs
▲ 0.1 yrs YoY
Internet users %
WB· 202457.5%
▼ 23.9% YoY
Security0 recent events · 0 conflicts · 0 transfers
Event volume · 90 days
14
Casualties (killed) · 90 days
0
High-severity events
No high-severity events for Botswanain this window. Either there genuinely isn’t much — or our sources haven’t caught it yet.
Latest dispatches10 in country corpus · sources come online as coverage grows
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+Methodology · how this profile is built
This profile draws from four data tiers. Baseline facts (geography, languages, religion) are from the CIA World Factbook snapshot of January 2026 — the final snapshot before the website was retired. Economic indicators refresh daily from the World Bank. Events, conflicts, dispatches, and entity mentions flow continuously from our continuous intelligence graph — sources come online as we add them. Intelligence briefs are generated daily under ICD 203 analytic-tradecraft standards.
Coverage of Botswana will sharpen as we add local-language sources. Every field above carries a provenance chip so you can judge freshness for yourself.